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By Anmol Choubey BENGALURU, April 28 (Reuters) – Oil prices extended their gains on Tuesday as efforts to end the U.S.-Iran war appear stalled, with the crucial Strait of Hormuz waterway still mainly shut, keeping energy supplies from the key Middle East producing region out of the reach of global buyers.  U.S. President Donald Trump is unhappy with the latest Iranian proposal aimed at ending the war, a U.S. official […]

The Buffalo Sabres have shed the burden of a 14-year absence from the Stanley Cup playoffs that set a dubious NHL record and surged toward their next big thing. Beat the Boston Bruins at home in Game 5 on Tuesday, and the Sabres will skate in the second round for the first time since 2007. “You can expect this to be the hardest game that we’re going to have to […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Militants with the Islamic State group attacked a village overnight in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 29 people, authorities said Monday. It was the latest violence in Africa’s most populous country that has long been battling a complex security crisis. The attack took place late on Sunday in Guyaku, a village in the Gombi local government area in the country’s Adamawa state, according to the state […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen raided an orphanage in north-central Nigeria and abducted 23 pupils, authorities said Monday. Fifteen have since been rescued. The attack took place in an “isolated area” of Lokoja, capital of Kogi State, according to a statement by the state’s commissioner, Kingsley Femi Fanwo. The facility, Dahallukitab Group of Schools, was operating illegally, he said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The region has […]

Please fasten your seatbelt, make sure your tray table is in an upright and locked position, and prepare for delivery. A passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta gave birth to a healthy 5 1/2 pound (2.5 kg) girl just before the Boeing 737 landed at Portland International Airport in Oregon on Friday night. Two paramedics who happened to be on the flight assisted, borrowing blankets from other […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nathan Chasing Horse has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls. A Nevada judge gave the “Dances With Wolves” actor his sentence Monday. A jury had previously convicted him of 13 charges, mostly related to sexual assault. He was accused by three women, including one who was 14 when the assaults began. He was acquitted on some charges. Accusers and […]

Prosecutors in Utah are seeking the extradition of a man from California on murder charges in connection with a deadly shooting in January at a church parking lot in Salt Lake City that left two people dead, according to court documents unsealed Monday. Law enforcement took 32-year-old John Vea Uasike Jr. into custody on April 14 in connection with six felony charges including two counts of murder and weapons violations, […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A bounce house stood in the middle of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ clubhouse before Monday night’s game against St. Louis, courtesy of NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes. Skenes rented the inflatable kids’ attraction as a part of a belated celebration for rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin, who turned 20 on Friday and celebrated by hitting his first major league home run in a win at Milwaukee. “Unfortunately, […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday ruled out a conflict with the United States over an incident involving two CIA agents who died in an accident in the state of Chihuahua — agents who, according to Mexico, were not authorized to operate in the country. During her morning news briefing, Sheinbaum expressed her willingness to move past the controversy that surfaced last week, saying that while […]